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DOI	10.3390/land10020217
	A Regional GIS-Assisted Multi-Criteria Evaluation of Site-Suitability for the Development of Solar Farms
	Prieto-Amparan, Jesus A.; Pinedo-Alvarez, Alfredo; Morales-Nieto, Carlos R.; Valles-Aragon, Maria C.; Alvarez-Holguin, Alan; Villarreal-Guerrero, Federico
通讯作者	Villarreal-Guerrero, F (corresponding author), Inst Nacl Invest Forestales Agr & Pecuarias INIFA, Campo Expt La Campana, Km 33-3 Carretera Chihuahua Ojinaga, Aldama 32910, Chihuahua, Mexico.
来源期刊	LAND
EISSN	2073-445X
出版年	2021
卷号	10 期号:2
英文摘要	One of the fastest-growing renewable energy sources is solar energy. A strategic step for a well-performing solar project is site identification. The evaluation of site-suitability is a complex task, where multiple qualitative and quantitative criteria, inherent to the territory, are involved. In this study, a GIS-based multi-criteria decision-making (MCDM) methodology for site-suitability evaluation in the development of solar farms (DSF) is presented. Two scenarios, the ranking method (RM) and the Analytical Hierarchy Process (AHP), each representing a different weighting approach, were tested. A case study was performed for the Desert of Chihuahua, Mexico, a region with the potential to provide a significant portion of the country's energy demand. The RM was more stringent and identified less area with high suitability (1237 km(2)) compared to the AHP (4983 km(2)). Given its flexibility in assigning weights, the AHP is considered to have greater potential in identifying site-suitability levels. The final suitability maps of the AHP showed the northern part of the study region to have high suitability for the DSF. Thus, sites in this area could be used for the construction of solar energy projects in the future. This methodology provides a useful tool for land-use planning based on its suitability level.
英文关键词	multi-criteria decision-making analytical hierarchy process solar energy solar irradiation spatial analysis land suitability MCDM-AHP
类型	Article
语种	英语
开放获取类型	DOAJ Gold
收录类别	SSCI
WOS记录号	WOS:000622697500001
WOS类目	Environmental Studies
WOS研究方向	Environmental Sciences & Ecology
资源类型	期刊论文
条目标识符	http://119.78.100.177/qdio/handle/2XILL650/351060
作者单位	[Prieto-Amparan, Jesus A.; Valles-Aragon, Maria C.] Univ Autonoma Chihuahua, Fac Ciencias Agrotecnol, Ave Pascual Orozco S-N,Campus 1, Chihuahua 31350, Chihuahua, Mexico; [Pinedo-Alvarez, Alfredo; Morales-Nieto, Carlos R.] Univ Autonoma Chihuahua, Fac Zootecnia & Ecol, Perifer Francisco R Almada Km 1, Chihuahua 31453, Chihuahua, Mexico; [Alvarez-Holguin, Alan; Villarreal-Guerrero, Federico] Inst Nacl Invest Forestales Agr & Pecuarias INIFA, Campo Expt La Campana, Km 33-3 Carretera Chihuahua Ojinaga, Aldama 32910, Chihuahua, Mexico
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Prieto-Amparan, Jesus A.,Pinedo-Alvarez, Alfredo,Morales-Nieto, Carlos R.,et al. A Regional GIS-Assisted Multi-Criteria Evaluation of Site-Suitability for the Development of Solar Farms[J],2021,10(2).
APA	Prieto-Amparan, Jesus A.,Pinedo-Alvarez, Alfredo,Morales-Nieto, Carlos R.,Valles-Aragon, Maria C.,Alvarez-Holguin, Alan,&Villarreal-Guerrero, Federico.(2021).A Regional GIS-Assisted Multi-Criteria Evaluation of Site-Suitability for the Development of Solar Farms.LAND,10(2).
MLA	Prieto-Amparan, Jesus A.,et al."A Regional GIS-Assisted Multi-Criteria Evaluation of Site-Suitability for the Development of Solar Farms".LAND 10.2(2021).